Consecration prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus should be part of our devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. When we have a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus we are drawn, naturally, to His whole humanity, and His true presence in the Holy Eucharist. The more we are devoted to His Sacred Heart, the more progressively the Eucharist becomes the center of our lives.
The History behind Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
On the 100th anniversary of this day, Pope Saint John Paul II said: Pope Leo wished to “obtain ‘extraordinary benefits first for Christianity, but also for the whole human race’ (Annum sacrum). Asking that … all people should be consecrated, he gave a new direction and sense to the consecration which had already been practiced for two centuries by individuals, groups, Dioceses and nations.”
"I could never separate the devotion to the Heart of Jesus to the devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and I never was able to explain how much the Sacred Heart of Jesus deigned to favor me in the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist. The Blessed Sacrament has always been like heaven to me."
Consecration Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
by Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (1863-1899)
My most loving Jesus, I consecrate myself today anew and without reserve to Your divine Heart. I consecrate to You my body with all its senses, my soul with all its faculties: my whole being. I consecrate to You all my thoughts, words and actions; all my sufferings and labors; all my hopes, consolations and joys; and, above all, I consecrate to You my poor heart, that it may love only You and be consumed as a victim in the fire of Your love. Accept, O Jesus, my most loving spouse, the desire that I have to console Your divine Heart and to be Yours for ever. Possess me in such a manner that henceforward I may have no other liberty than that of loving You, no other life than that of suffering and dying for You.
I place in You unlimited trust and I hope, from Your infinite mercy, for the pardon of my sins. I place in Your hands all my cares, especially that of my eternal salvation. I promise to love and honor You to the last moment of my life, and to propagate, with the help of Your divine grace and as far as I am able, devotion to Your Sacred Heart. Dispose of me, O divine Heart of Jesus, according to Your pleasure; I desire no other recompense than Your greater glory and Your holy love.
Grant me the grace to find my dwelling place in Your Sacred Heart where I desire to pass every day of my life and where I wish to breathe my last breath. Make my heart Your abode, the place of Your repose, so that we may remain intimately united until, finally, I may praise, love, and possess You for all eternity, singing for ever the infinite mercy of Your Sacred Heart.
Amen.
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